I agree about Luxor's controls - Shake to change balls, are they kidding - that's just a plain ridiculous use of the accelerometer. I prefer the "release to shoot" mode - but that is linked to shake to change. Stoneloops method of changing balls (tap with a second finger) is far superior. Hopefully Luxor will get an update with more choice of control schemes.
I got Stoneloops! when it went on very cheap sale. I had tried the free version of puzzloops but was not very impressed by it; Stoneloops! appealed more from the outset. Its theme is very nicely done, the graphics are really nice for what they are, and the along-the-bottom shooter works much better imo. Stoneloops! did get very very repetitive, and I found that I stalled after finishing the first couple of 'worlds'. The difficulty level was kind of all over the place, the hardest levels seemingly tending towards the middle levels in each world. I managed to get all of the trophies except for 'clear bonuses' beyond level 1, after eventually convincing myself to play through all of classic and smash 'n' grab the clear bonus one is insanely hard given how fast the lines keep coming, even early on in the game. The screenshots of Luxor don't impress me that much *the graphics are far less impressive than those of Stoneloops!. I imagine the theme is as convincing though, and the plus+ is a pull imo. How many plus+ achievement points does it offer? Since they updated Rolando 1 to be on plus+ I'm sitting with this annoying plus+ level progress bar, and a total of 4005 points, which irks me a bit ... and I'm not a fan of tower defence ... or fishing for that matter, to fix it with those .
luxor by far stoneloops is too hard for me and luxor has more levels and is overall more entertaining... but also check out black beards assault
Most of Luxor's levels are repeats just harder. There are only like 8 different level layouts while all of Stoneloops' levels are unique. Plus Stoneloops has the grab and shoot mode.
Hmm... I never really cared for Luxor anyway. Absolute fraud by claiming to have 88 levels or so >=O Stoneloops is perfect.
Okay, has anyone finished playing Luxor yet? Im halfway through and man this game is getting boring lol I wish the difficulty would ramp up sooner
What, no Play Marbles? Was looking for Play Marbles on the list, and realize it wasn't that kind of thread...
The last level of Luxor is the only level that is hard. Unfortunately the only reason it is hard is because of the control limitations. It is still a fun game if you are a fan of the genre but if you had to get only one marble shooter then Stoneloops is your best bet. I'd also consider Atlantis Sky Patrol but not for the $2.99 they are asking.
@RunningMan You must have missed their sale. I got it at 99 cents I'll probably play Luxor before I go on and play it though.
Yeah I did miss the sale and am hesitant to get it now since both Stoneloops and Luxor are $.99 I have the feeling that it will go on sale again.
Luxor > Atlantis Sky Patrol? Please I like Luxor, don't get me wrong! But in terms of quality and variance in the gameplay I have to Atlantis SP. I think it's got better power-ups and the "locked" balls outside of the track ad a new element that Luxor doesn't even have. And you can really get into a groove with Atlantis - I played through that game twice (second was a speed run). Both are fun, but Atlantis is better. Just my 2 cents.
Does anyone know if Zuma's Revenge (from Popcap) will be coming out for iPhone anytime soon? It is newly released on Mac and PC. Wow! I think it is better than any of the earlier games in this genre such as Luxor, Stoneloops, Atlantis Sky Patrol, etc. You can download a demo from the Popcap web site.
